Robert weaves a hideous story for Margaret, about how post-war Germans started out trying to make Nazism impossible and wound up harming generations of poor children.

Robert weaves a hideous story for Margaret, about how post-war Germans started out trying to make Nazism impossible and wound up harming generations of poor children.

There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.

Everything you don't know about History's greatest monsters

Behind the Bastards

There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.

Part One: The Darkest Episode We Will Ever Do

Robert explains how incel terminology met the social internet, particularly reddit, and became tied inexorably with Gen Z slang.

Robert explains how incel terminology met the social internet, particularly reddit, and became tied inexorably with Gen Z slang.

Part Two: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/c867370c-7485-4217-a2a1-b40a015e56c6/transcript

Robert explains how we went from incels complaining about women online to the influencer Clavicular with special guest Kat Abughazaleh.

Robert explains how we went from incels complaining about women online to the influencer Clavicular with special guest Kat Abughazaleh.

Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/b49e70de-de86-4151-a2f8-b40801786c6a/transcript

Robert concludes the story of Dr. Bailey by describing how he lost his mind and eventually his practice

Robert concludes the story of Dr. Bailey by describing how he lost his mind and eventually his practice

Part Two: Dr. Sleep: The Australian Psychiatrist Who Made People Sleep Themselves To Death

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/c48fa9b5-b17f-42bd-94db-b4030136171a/transcript

Part One: The Darkest Episode We Will Ever Do

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